Outlining a meta-theoretical reflection on how the expression ‘restorative justice’ has historically been used, this book explores the relevant social movement which has organically emerged around a range of informal justice practices from the 1970s.

Restorative justice was once a marginal phenomenon, but today it is widely studied, nationally and internationally legislated, and increasingly practised; however, the growth of relevant policy, practice and research has been only marginally accompanied by the development of updated, theoretically informed reflections on the relationships between politics and restorative justice, at both the theoretical and empirical levels. This is a significant problem since neglecting the political dimension of restorative justice may limit the capacity of the restorative justice movement to appreciate critically its possible role in addressing oppressive social arrangements. This book addresses this gap by providing reflections on restorative justice in relation to six complex political concepts – difference, sovereignty, community, identity, equality and subalternity. Engaging with the thoughts of Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy, Judith Butler, Jacques Rancière and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, each chapter works as a prism to unravel and reconstruct restorative justice in highly creative ways.

Providing an original and innovative contribution to our thinking about the political nature and significance of restorative justice from the specific perspective of political philosophy, Restorative Justice and Political Philosophy will appeal to students and scholars of restorative justice specifically and of criminal justice and criminology more broadly.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032287454
Author Giuseppe Maglione
Format Hardback
Page Count 176
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd